JP5935543B2 - Communications system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication system in which a plurality of devices are connected to a common communication path and communication is performed between the plurality of devices.

Patent Document 1 describes a navigation system that includes a communication path, a navigation computer connected to the communication path, and two monitor devices (for front seats and for rear seats). In this navigation system, when a request signal including different self ID1 and ID2 is transmitted from each of the two monitor devices, answer information including the ID1 and ID2 is returned from the navigation computer. The returned answer information is received and displayed at each of the monitor devices.
The two monitor devices have exactly the same structure (the same initial value of the self ID), and the self ID (for example, ID1, ID2) of each of the two monitor devices is determined by communication. Specifically, when the ignition switch is turned on, a signal including the initial value ID1 of the self ID is transmitted from each of the two monitor devices at a predetermined period T. Each of the monitor devices monitors the communication path, and when a signal is transmitted from the other monitor device, the signal is transmitted after the transmission of the signal is completed. In each of the monitor devices, it is detected whether or not a signal including the same ID1 as the self ID1 is transmitted to the communication path. When a signal with the same ID1 is detected, the transmission interval Ta between the two signals (the signal transmitted by the other and the signal transmitted by the own device) is measured and compared with the period T. When the interval Ta is shorter than the period T, it is recognized that another monitor device that transmits a signal including the same ID1 as the self ID1 is connected to the communication path. Then, communication is performed between the two monitor devices in accordance with a predetermined rule, and after the ignition switch is turned on, the self-ID of the monitor device that has transmitted the signal first is set to ID1, and the signal is transmitted later. Is changed to ID2 by changing the self-ID of the monitor device that sent the message. Thereby, different self IDs 1 and ID 2 are set in each of the two monitor devices.
In Patent Document 2, first and second access points are provided in the same area, and the position of the mobile terminal is acquired at the center by wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the first access point. A communication system is described. Specifically, when the mobile terminal detects the second access point in the area, ID2 of the second access point is transmitted to the center. The center transmits ID1 of the first access point stored in association with ID2 to the mobile terminal. The portable terminal communicates with the first access point using ID1. Further, in the case where a fake access point is provided in the area, when the fake access point is detected by the mobile terminal, the ID q of the fake access point (for example, the same as ID2) is transmitted to the center, and the second access point is When detected, ID2 is transmitted to the center. The center knows that there is a fake access point because the information of the same ID2 is transmitted twice. And ID1 used between a 1st access point and a portable terminal is changed (for example, ID3).
Patent Document 3 describes an in-vehicle system in which a gateway ECU is provided between a communication device including an authentication ECU, an engine ECU, and a door lock ECU. In this in-vehicle system, when both the ID collation between the portable device and the authentication ECU and the ID collation between the authentication ECU and the gateway ECU are established, the request from the portable device is an engine ECU, a door lock ECU. Sent to.
Patent Document 4 describes a vehicle diagnostic system in which information related to the operation of a vehicle system is wirelessly transmitted to the outside via a communication device. In this vehicle diagnosis system, it is detected whether or not the communication between the vehicle system and the communication device is normal by communication between the vehicle system and the communication device.
Patent Document 5 describes a retrofit vehicle state display device having a function applicable to a plurality of communication means.
Patent Document 6 describes a communication system in which a plurality of units are connected to a communication bus. In this communication system, a diagnostic device is connected to a communication bus via a meter and a serial data line, and each of the plurality of units is diagnosed by the diagnostic device.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-320381 JP 2011-97437 A JP 2005-343430 A JP 2002-257690 A JP 2007-93425 A JP-A-10-133905

  An object of the present invention is to improve a communication system, for example, to detect that a new device is connected to a communication path.

Means and effects for solving the problem

The communication system according to the present invention includes a self ID frame receiving unit in which at least one of a plurality of devices connected to a communication path receives a frame including the same ID as the ID of the own device. .
A case will be described in which the communication system according to the present invention is applied to a system in which communication according to the CAN protocol is performed (hereinafter may be abbreviated as a CAN communication system).
The plurality of devices connected to the communication path are each referred to as a different ID (the source device ID because it is a source device ID. The source ID is unique to each device. Therefore, a frame including (corresponding to the self ID) is transmitted. In each of the plurality of devices, an ID of a frame to be received (hereinafter referred to as a reception ID) is stored in advance, and a frame including the same transmission source ID as the stored reception ID is received. That is, each of the plurality of devices is not an ID of a transmission destination device (a device that receives a frame), but may be referred to as a self device when the description is focused on the transmission source device (hereinafter, the transmission source device). A frame including ID (self ID) is transmitted. In one or more devices that require messages, data, and the like included in the frame among a plurality of devices, the transmission source ID of the frame is stored as a reception ID. Therefore, a plurality of devices can receive the frame transmitted to the communication path at the same time.
On the other hand, in the conventional CAN communication system, the same ID as the self ID is not stored as the reception ID in each of the plurality of devices. In other words, a frame including the same transmission source ID as the self ID has not been received.
On the other hand, in the CAN communication system according to the present invention, a self ID frame receiving unit is provided in at least one of the plurality of devices. Then, in the self ID frame reception unit, the same ID as the self ID is stored as the reception ID, and when a frame including the same transmission source ID as the self ID is received, a new device (same as the self ID) is received in the communication path. It is detected that the device identified by the ID is connected. In the CAN communication system, as described above, a device having the same self ID is not connected, and a frame transmitted by the own device is not received by the own device. When a frame including the original ID is received, it can be detected that the frame is a frame transmitted from a newly connected device.
A new device may be a device that is planned to be connected to a communication path (a regular device) or a device that is not planned. In addition, the new device may be a device that adversely affects communication between a plurality of devices (unauthorized device) or a device that does not affect it.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), in a CAN communication system in which an engine ECU, a brake ECU, a meter ECU, and a DLC (Diagnostic link connector) are connected to a communication path, the vehicle speed is acquired by the brake ECU. Is transmitted to the communication path, received by the engine ECU, the engine is controlled based on the vehicle speed, received by the meter ECU, and the display is controlled to display the vehicle speed. Is assumed. The brake ECU is connected to a wheel speed sensor that detects the wheel speeds of the front, rear, left, and right wheels. Based on the detection values of the wheel speed sensors, the vehicle speed that is the traveling speed of the vehicle is acquired. A frame including self IDb as a transmission source ID is transmitted. In the engine ECU and the meter ECU, the IDb of the brake ECU is stored as the reception ID. The DLC is a connection unit for connecting service tools (for example, meters, computers, etc.) when performing failure diagnosis.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 10B and 10C, when a new device that transmits a frame including the transmission source IDb is connected to the DLC, the engine ECU is transmitted from the new device. The frame including the IDb may be received as a frame transmitted from the brake ECU, and the engine may be controlled based on data (for example, representing the vehicle speed) included in the frame. Also, the meter ECU may cause the display to display data included in a frame transmitted from a new device as the vehicle speed. New equipment is pretending to be a brake ECU.
As described above, the DLC is a connection part for connecting a service tool for failure diagnosis. However, devices that can be connected to the DLC for a purpose other than the original purpose are commercially available. For example, the connection may be made for the purpose of adversely affecting communication or adversely affecting vehicle control.
In addition, the new device is not limited to being connected through the DLC, and may be connected to the communication path without using the DLC.
On the other hand, in this CAN communication system, since the brake ECU has a self ID frame receiving unit, it is possible to detect connection of a new device that transmits a frame including the same IDb as the self IDb to the communication path.
For example, when the connection of a new device is notified and reception of a frame including the transmission source IDb is prohibited in the notified device, the data included in the frame transmitted from the new device Based on the above, it is possible to favorably avoid that the vehicle is erroneously controlled or that the display displays a vehicle speed different from the actual one.

Further, when an unauthorized device is connected to the communication path, a DOS attack (Denial of Service Attack) may occur as shown in FIG. If a frame is continuously transmitted from the unauthorized device to the communication path, there is a possibility that the frame cannot be transmitted from another authorized device.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 10E, for example, when a commercially available external communication device is connected to the DLC, and a high-function mobile phone (smartphone, smartphone) is connected via the external communication device. If the smartphone only receives a frame that flows through the communication path, it will not adversely affect the communication, but it will be a malicious application {Application software (abbreviation for application software) on the smartphone. Software that can be entered arbitrarily. In the same way, an input may be abbreviated as “app” in the same way, thereby causing an illegal operation and adversely affecting communication.
On the other hand, in the CAN communication system, when a connection of a new device is detected and this is notified to a user or the like, it is possible to prompt the user to immediately disconnect the new device, and a DOS attack can be performed. It is possible to make it difficult to adversely affect communication such as making it difficult to receive.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 11A to 11C, a CAN communication system in which an engine ECU, an air conditioner ECU, a body ECU, and a remote control ECU are connected to a communication path is assumed. In this CAN communication system, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), when the engine is started based on a command from a smartphone (in this CAN communication system, external communication that allows the body ECU to receive a command from the smartphone) Since the device is provided, a command from the smartphone is sent to the communication path via the body ECU), and as shown in FIG. 11 (b), the engine start and the air conditioner control (for example, temperature setting, etc.) When it is performed based on a command from a portable device capable of outputting a remote control command (hereinafter, abbreviated as “remote device portable device”, “remote controller” or “electronic key”), as shown in FIG. In addition, the engine is started based on a command from either the smartphone or the remote-controlled portable device, and the air-conditioner control is performed by the remote-controlled device. It might be carried out based on a command of the machine.
There are cases where the remote-controlled portable device has a function (basic function) capable of outputting only an engine start command and a function (high function) capable of outputting commands relating to both engine start and air-conditioner control. . FIG. 11 shows a case where the remote-controlled portable device has a high function, and the smartphone has a function capable of outputting only an engine start command.

On the other hand, depending on the user (for example, the owner of the vehicle), there are cases where the user wants to use a remote-controlled device, desires the use of a smartphone, or desires the selective use of both. The communication system is for smartphones (sometimes abbreviated as “for smartphones”), for remotester portable devices (sometimes abbreviated as “for remotesters”), for both smartphones and remotestators (sometimes abbreviated as “for both smartphones and remotes”). However, it is conceivable to manufacture them separately.
However, increasing the number of types of communication systems is not desirable because productivity decreases.
In addition, the user may desire to switch from using a smartphone to using a remotester portable device, or may wish to switch to using both a remotester portable device and a smartphone. In order to satisfy such user requirements, it is necessary to change the structure of the communication system.
Furthermore, in the CAN communication system, according to a communication rule that each of a plurality of devices connected to a communication path transmits a frame including a different transmission source ID, in the communication system for both the remote and smartphone, FIG. ), The transmission source ID included in the frame created based on the command from the smartphone and the transmission source ID included in the frame created based on the command from the remote control portable device are different from each other ( IDa, IDb).

Therefore, in the CAN communication system, as shown in FIG. 11D, the transmission source IDa of the remote ECU is set to the same value as the transmission source IDa of the body ECU. In a communication system for smartphones, when a remote-host portable device is used, a frame including a transmission source IDa is transmitted from the remote-control ECU, so that a connection of a new device is detected in the body ECU. Then, if the self-IDa of the body ECU is changed to the self-IDab and the IDab is added as a reception ID in the engine ECU, the communication system can be switched between the smartphone and the remote.
In this way, it is not necessary to separately manufacture the communication system for smartphones, for remotes, and for both smartphones and remotes, and it is possible to improve the diversion of parts and improve productivity. In addition, user convenience can be improved.
If the engine ECU stores both IDa and IDab as reception IDs in advance, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to add a reception ID (IDab) to the reception ID storage unit of the engine ECU.

The communication system according to the present invention can also be applied to a system that performs communication using the Ethernet protocol (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as an Ethernet communication system). In an Ethernet communication system, a frame transmitted by the own device can be received by the own device. Therefore, when the transmission source ID is the same as the self ID and the received frame is not a frame transmitted by the own device, a new It is possible to detect and detect the connection of various devices.
For example, when the frame received by the self ID frame receiving unit is received at a time when the frame transmitted by the self device is not received by the self device, the message included in the frame is not created by the self device For example, the frame may not be a frame transmitted by the device itself.

Patentable invention

In the following, the invention recognized as being able to be claimed in the present application will be described.
(1) A communication system including a communication path and a plurality of devices connected to the communication path and specified by different IDs, and performing communication between the plurality of devices via the communication path. ,
Each of the plurality of devices includes: (i) a transmission unit that transmits a frame including a self ID that is an ID for identifying the device; and (ii) a reception unit that receives a frame including a predetermined reception ID. Including
Each of the reception units included in at least one of the plurality of devices includes a self ID frame reception unit that receives a frame including the same ID as the self ID,
At least one of the plurality of devices receives a frame including the same ID as the self ID by the self ID frame receiving unit, and the frame is transmitted from the transmitting unit of the device. A new device connection detection unit that detects that a new device that transmits a frame including the same ID as the self ID is connected to the communication path when the frame does not include a self ID; A communication system.
The connection is not limited to direct connection. For example, when an external communication device is connected to a connector (for example, DLC) connected to a communication path and there is a portable device that can communicate with the external communication device wirelessly, the portable device is indirectly connected to the communication path. Can be thought of as being connected to (by radio).
The self ID frame reception unit and the new device connection detection unit may be provided in all of the plurality of devices connected to the communication path, but are not necessarily provided in all of them. For example, it may be provided in a device that transmits important data and messages, and the necessity of providing in other devices is low. Similarly, each of a plurality of devices connected to the communication path does not necessarily have to have the same structure, and an apparatus, a control unit, a storage unit, and the like may be provided as appropriate.
A frame is a series of signals having a length of a plurality of bits, and is created according to a predetermined communication rule. The frame includes, for example, an SOF that represents the beginning of the frame and an EOF that represents the end of the frame, and defines the beginning and end of the frame. The frame includes at least information indicating the ID of the transmission source device. In addition, information representing messages, data, etc. created at the transmission source is usually included.
In the communication system described in this section, the entire frame on the communication path (for example, defined by SOF and EOF) is received, and the transmission source ID included in the frame is extracted and is the same as the self ID Whether it is detected. Then, when the transmission source ID and the self ID included in the frame are the same, it is detected that a new device is connected.
On the other hand, in communication arbitration, when the device starts transmission of a frame, in other words, during the transmission of an ID (arbitration area) included in the frame, the state of the communication path (for example, The voltage difference in the case where the communication path is composed of two communication lines is monitored, and it is detected whether the ID transmitted by the device itself has not been changed (whether the arbitration has been won).
Comparing the “detection of new device” and “communication arbitration” described in this section, in “detection of new device”, the entire frame is received by software execution, whereas “communication” In “arbitration”, the entire frame is not received.
In “detection of a new device”, the ID included in the frame existing on the communication path when the device is in the reception mode, that is, at a time different from the time when transmission of the frame of the device is started. In the “communication arbitration”, a frame in which the own device is in the middle of transmission at the time when the own device starts transmission, that is, when not in the reception mode, is detected. The difference is that it is detected whether the ID included in the ID matches the ID of the own device.
(2) Each of the plurality of devices includes a reception ID storage unit that stores one or more predetermined reception IDs. In the reception ID storage unit, a self ID that identifies the device is the reception ID. The communication system according to item (1), stored as:
Since the self ID is stored as the reception ID, a frame including the same ID as the self ID is received by the reception unit.
(3) When one or more of the at least one device each detects connection of a new device by the new device connection detection unit, the new device transmits a frame including information indicating that The communication system according to (1) or (2), including a connection information transmission unit.
When a connection of a new device is detected in the own device, if a frame including a self ID (for example, IDb) and information indicating the connection of the new device is created and transmitted, the self IDb is received. In the device stored as the ID, the frame is received, and it can be seen that a new device that transmits a frame including IDb that is the reception ID is connected.
(4) When a device including an external notification device among the plurality of devices receives a frame including information indicating the connection of the new device, the external notification device is notified of the connection of the new device. The communication system according to (3), including an external notification control unit.
In the case where a new device adversely affects communication, if the connection of a new device is made maliciously, the necessity of notifying the outside of this is low. However, as described above, even if there is no malicious intent, communication may be adversely affected due to the input of an unauthorized application to a smartphone connected via DLC. In that case, if the connection of a new device is notified to the outside (for example, a user or the like), a measure such as disconnecting the smartphone can be promoted.
Examples of the external notification device include a display and an indicator (for example, a lighting unit, a blinking unit, a sound output unit, and the like), and a meter ECU corresponds to a device including the external notification device. Note that the indicator may be configured as a part of the display.
(5) When a device including an external notification device among the at least one device detects the connection of the new device by the new device connection detection unit, (a) information indicating the connection of the new device (1) to (4), including at least one of a new device connection information transmission unit that transmits a frame including the (b) external notification control unit that causes the external notification device to notify the connection of the new device. The communication system according to any one of items.
When a device equipped with an external notification device detects a connection of a new device, the device notifies the external notification device of the connection of the new device or transmits a frame including information indicating the connection of the new device. Can be.
(6) The new device connection detection unit includes: (a) an unauthorized device connection detection unit that detects unauthorized device connection; and (b) a new authorized device connection detection unit that detects connection of an authorized new device. The communication system according to any one of (1) to (5), including at least one.

(7) In the communication system, when connection of a new device is detected by the new device connection detection unit in at least one of the plurality of devices, the new device transmits in the communication system. The communication system according to any one of items (1) to (6), including a use prohibition unit that prohibits use of the same ID as an ID included in a frame to be transmitted.
Prohibition of the use of an ID includes at least one of prohibition of transmission of a frame including the ID and prohibition of reception of a frame including the ID. The ID is not used, and the ID is invalidated.
(8) When one or more of the plurality of devices each receive notification of connection of the new device, reception of a frame having the same ID as the ID included in the frame transmitted by the new device The communication system according to any one of items (1) to (7), including a reception prohibition unit that prohibits communication.
For example, in each of one or more of the plurality of devices, the same reception ID as the ID used by the new device can be deleted from the reception ID table storing the reception ID.
(9) One or more of the at least one device prohibits transmission of a frame including the same self ID when connection of the new device is detected by the new device connection detection unit. The communication system according to any one of items (1) to (8), including a transmission prohibition unit.
For example, the same self ID can be invalidated and changed to a new self ID.
(10) One or more of the plurality of devices includes an additional ID storage unit that stores the reception ID and one or more additional IDs different from all of the self IDs that respectively identify the plurality of devices. The communication system according to any one of items (1) to (9).
(11) one or more of the at least one device respectively (a) an additional ID storage unit that stores the reception ID and one or more additional IDs in association with each other; When the connection of the new device is detected by the new device connection detection unit, the same self ID as that of the new device is stored in the additional ID storage unit in association with the reception ID which is the self ID. A self-ID changing unit that changes to one of one or more additional IDs,
Any of (1) to (10), wherein each of the transmission units included in the one or more devices includes a change ID transmission unit that transmits a frame including a change ID changed by the self ID change unit. The communication system as described in any one.
The additional ID is an ID different from all of the self IDs that respectively specify a plurality of devices connected to the communication path.
For example, when an existing device having a self IDb stores a self IDb as a reception ID and an IDbs is stored as an additional ID for the reception IDb, the existing device has the same IDb as the self IDb. When a connection of a new device that transmits a frame including is detected, the self IDb is changed to an additional IDbs, and then a frame including the additional IDbs is transmitted.
Further, the additional ID storage unit is provided not only in the device but also in a device whose self IDb is included in the received ID. Therefore, in all devices that use the self IDb as the reception ID, not only the frame including the changed IDbs (the frame transmitted from the existing device) but also the frame including the IDb (the frame transmitted from the newly connected device). ) Is also received.
In the device (existing device specified by the self IDb), the old self IDb can be deleted from the received ID storage unit. This is because the necessity of receiving a frame (IDb) transmitted from a new device is considered to be low.

(12) The communication system according to any one of (1) to (11), wherein the transmission unit transmits a frame including the self ID and not including an ID of a transmission destination device.
The frames transmitted from each of the plurality of devices include different self IDs (transmission source device IDs). Therefore, devices that transmit frames including the same ID to each other should not be connected to the communication path.
On the other hand, in the communication system described in Patent Literature 1, a frame including the self ID is transmitted from the monitor device, and a frame including the ID (transmission destination ID) of the monitor device is transmitted from the navigation computer. Thus, in the communication system described in Patent Literature 1, two devices that transmit frames including the same ID are connected to the communication path, which is different from the communication system described in this section.
(13) The communication system according to any one of (1) to (12), wherein the communication system is a system in which communication is performed using a CAN protocol.
(14) The communication system according to any one of items (1) to (11), wherein the communication system is a system that performs communication according to an Ethernet (registered trademark) protocol.
Communication using the Ethernet protocol (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Ethernet communication) is network communication generally used in offices and the like.
In Ethernet communication, a frame including both a transmission destination device ID and a transmission source device ID (self ID) is transmitted from each of a plurality of devices. In the transmission destination device, a self ID and a frame are transmitted. A frame that matches the ID of the included destination device is received.
In the communication system according to this section in which this Ethernet communication is performed, at least one of a plurality of devices connected to the communication path is provided with a self ID frame receiving unit and a new device connection detecting unit. Then, in each of the at least one device, a frame in which the transmission source ID included in the frame matches the self ID is received, and the new device is connected when the frame is not a frame transmitted by the own device. It is determined that
(15) The plurality of devices connected to the communication path include at least one of an ECU that controls a device mounted on the vehicle and a detection device that detects a state of the vehicle (1) to (13) The communication system according to any one of items.
The communication system described in this section is applied to an in-vehicle communication system mounted on a vehicle. Further, examples of the plurality of devices include a brake ECU, an engine ECU, a steering ECU, a suspension ECU, an air conditioner ECU, a body ECU, a meter ECU, a wheel speed sensor, a yaw rate sensor, a steering angle sensor, and the like.

(16) A communication system including a communication path and a plurality of devices connected to the communication path and specified by different IDs, and communication is performed between the plurality of devices via the communication path. ,
Each of the plurality of devices includes (i) a transmission unit that transmits a frame including a self ID that identifies the device, and (ii) a reception unit that receives a frame including a predetermined reception ID.
In at least one of the plurality of devices, the frame received by the receiving unit is not a frame transmitted from the transmitting unit of the device, and the ID included in the frame is the same as the self ID. In some cases, the communication path includes a new device connection detection unit that detects that a new device that transmits a frame including the same ID as the self ID different from the device is connected to the communication path. .
The technical features described in any one of the items (1) to (15) can be adopted for the communication system described in this section.
(17) A communication system including a communication path and a plurality of devices connected to the communication path, wherein communication is performed between the plurality of devices via the communication path,
Each of the plurality of devices includes: (i) a transmission unit that transmits a frame including a self ID that is an ID for identifying the device; and (ii) a reception unit that receives a frame including a predetermined reception ID. Including
Each of the reception units included in at least one of the plurality of devices includes a self ID frame reception unit that receives a frame including the same ID as the self ID,
At least one of the plurality of devices receives a frame including the same ID as the self ID by the self ID frame receiving unit, and the frame is transmitted from the transmitting unit of the device. A new device connection detection unit that detects that a new device that transmits a frame including the same ID as the self ID is connected to the communication path when the frame does not include a self ID; A communication system.
In a range where there is no problem in communication between a plurality of devices, devices with the same self ID may be connected.
The technical features described in any one of items (1) to (16) can be employed in the communication system described in this section.

(a) It is a figure which shows notably the part of the vehicle-mounted communication system as a communication system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. (b) A map conceptually showing registers stored in a storage unit of a brake ECU connected to a communication path of the in-vehicle communication system. It is a map showing the (a) message header table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of brake ECU connected to the communication path of the said vehicle-mounted communication system. (b) A map representing a reception ID table. It is a figure which shows notionally the flame | frame transmitted from the apparatus connected to the communication path of the said vehicle-mounted communication system. It is a flowchart showing the impersonation detection process program memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the said brake ECU. (a) It is a flowchart showing the received ID deletion process program memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of ECU12-16 connected to the communication path of the said vehicle-mounted communication system. (b) It is a flowchart showing the impersonation notification process program memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of meter ECU connected to the communication path of the said vehicle-mounted communication system. (a) It is a figure which shows notably the part of the vehicle-mounted communication system as a communication system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. (b) In the said vehicle-mounted communication system, it is a figure which shows the state by which the frame ID change process program represented by the flowchart of FIG. 8 was performed when both a smart phone and a remote-host portable device were used. It is a map showing the (a) message header table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of body ECU of the said vehicle-mounted communication system. (b) A map representing a reception ID table. (c) It is a map showing the reception ID table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of engine ECU of the said vehicle-mounted communication system. It is a flowchart showing the frame ID change process program memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the said body ECU. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an impersonation detection processing program stored in a storage unit of a device connected to a communication path of a communication system according to a third embodiment. (a) It is a figure which shows notionally some conventional vehicle-mounted communication systems. (b) It is a figure which shows the state in which the new apparatus was connected to DLC. (c) It is a figure which shows the one state of communication in the case of (b), and is a figure for demonstrating the problem which arises due to the connection of a new apparatus. (d) It is a figure which shows another state of communication in the case of (b), and is a figure for demonstrating another problem resulting from the connection of a new apparatus. (e) It is a figure which shows the state by which the smart phone was connected to the common communication path via DLC. In an in-vehicle communication system, (a) it is a figure which shows the state which engine ECU receives the flame | frame containing the instruction | command from the smart phone connected via body ECU. (b) It is a figure which shows the state in which engine ECU receives the flame | frame containing the instruction | command from the remote starter portable machine connected via remote starter ECU. (c) The engine ECU is a diagram showing a state of receiving both a frame including a command from a smartphone connected via the body ECU and a frame including a command from the remote-controlled portable device connected via the remote control ECU. is there. (d) It is a figure which shows the communication state of the vehicle-mounted communication system to which this invention is applied.

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  Hereinafter, a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this communication system, a plurality of nodes as devices are connected to a common communication path, and communication is performed between the plurality of nodes according to a common communication rule. The communication system according to the present embodiment includes a case where communication is performed using a CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol and a case where communication is performed using an Ethernet protocol.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a system (hereinafter abbreviated as a CAN communication system) in which communication according to the CAN protocol, that is, time division multiplexing bidirectional communication is performed. The CAN communication system is mounted on a vehicle, and includes a communication path 10 and nodes 12 to 16 as a plurality of devices connected to the communication path 10.
In the CAN communication system, each of the plurality of nodes 12 to 16 follows a CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) method, that is, a carrier sense multiple access method with collision detection when sending a frame to the communication path 10. . In the CSMA / CA scheme, each of the plurality of nodes 12 to 16 may be referred to as a self node (hereinafter, a node that transmits a frame is referred to as a self node when the node that transmits the frame is considered as a center). Detects whether a frame that is not a created frame is flowing, and sends out a frame created by its own node when it is not flowing, but when frames are sent simultaneously from two or more nodes In this case, communication arbitration is performed, and transmission of a frame with a higher priority is permitted.

The communication path 10 is composed of a pair of two communication paths (CAN-H bus, CAN-L bus), and a state in which there is a voltage difference (differential voltage) and a voltage between them. In a state where there is no difference, dominant (digital value is 0) and recessive (digital value is 1) are realized.
The nodes 12 to 16 are ECUs mainly composed of computers in this embodiment, but may be sensors having a communication function. FIG. 1 shows a state where the engine ECU 12, the brake ECU 14, and the meter ECU 16 are connected to the communication path 10 as nodes.
A DLC (Diagnostic Link Connector) 18 is also connected to the communication path 10. The DLC 18 is a connector provided for connecting a service tool for diagnosis (for example, a meter such as a tester, a personal computer, etc.) during vehicle inspection, and is provided on an instrument panel of a vehicle (not shown). It is done. The DLC 18 alone does not communicate with the plurality of nodes 12 to 16, but when a personal computer or the like having a communication function is connected to the DLC 18, communication with these is possible.
The DLC 18 can be considered to be a node (a device described in the claims of the present application) in a broad sense in the sense that (a) it is connected to the communication path 10, but (b) a personal computer. Etc. can be considered to be a node (a node is constituted by a personal computer and the DLC 18). In addition, when an external communication device 20 that is a commercial product is connected to the DLC 18 and the smartphone 21 is connected via the external communication device 20, a node is connected to the DLC 18, the external communication device 20, the smartphone 21, and the like. Or (d) the smartphone 21 can be considered as a node. In the case of (d), it can be considered that the smartphone 21 is connected to the communication path 10 wirelessly (indirectly).

  Further, for example, the brake ECU 14 is connected to a solenoid 22a of a slip control valve as an actuator and a wheel speed sensor 22s that detects a rotation speed of a wheel as a sensor. For example, a display 22d (which can be considered as an example of an actuator) is connected to the meter ECU 16. In the first embodiment, the display 22d has a function as an indicator for indicating the connection of a new node. However, the indicator can be provided separately from the display.

The nodes 12 to 16 (described in FIG. 1 for the brake ECU 14 and the meter ECU 16) include a CAN transceiver 24, a CAN controller 26, and a CPU 28, respectively.
The CAN transceiver 24 detects a voltage difference between two communication paths or generates a voltage difference, and includes a receiver 30 and a driver 32. The receiver 30 detects a voltage difference of the communication path 10 (voltage difference between two CAN buses) and supplies a digital value corresponding to the difference to the CAN controller 26. The driver 32 sends out the frame created in the CAN controller 26 to the communication path 10 and generates a voltage difference in the communication path 10 according to the frame (digital value constituting the frame).

The CAN controller 26 includes a transmission control unit 40, a reception control unit 42, a communication arbitration unit 44, a register 46, and the like.
The transmission control unit 40 creates a frame 50 having a predetermined pattern shown in FIG. 3 according to a communication rule (communication protocol), and outputs the created frame 50 to the CAN transceiver 24.
The frame 50 includes an arbitration area 52 including SOF (Start of Frame), ID (Identifier), RTR, etc., IDE, ro, DLC (information indicating the length of data), DATA (representing a message, data, etc.) Etc., and a check area 56 including CRC, ACK, EOF (End of Frame) and the like. Note that the frame 50 does not necessarily include all the above-described elements, but the frame 50 is a series of data defined by SOF and EOF.
The ID included in the arbitration area 52 represents the transmission source of the frame 50, the message included in the data area 54, the importance of data, and the like, and is referred to as a frame ID. Since the frame ID is a value different from each other for each of the nodes 12 to 16, that is, a value unique to each of the nodes 12 to 16, the frame ID corresponds to the self ID described in the claims. Further, a plurality of frame IDs are provided in each of the nodes 12 to 16, and one of the plurality of frame IDs is selected according to the message, the importance of data, and the like included in the data area 54 of the frame 50 to be transmitted. The plurality of frame IDs, messages, and data types (determined by importance etc.) are stored in a one-to-one correspondence with each other as shown in the message header table of FIG.
FIG. 1 shows representative values (IDe, IDb, IDm) among a plurality of frame IDs determined for each of the nodes 12 to 16.

The reception control unit 42 performs reception processing of the frame 50 supplied from the CAN transceiver 24. The frame ID and message are extracted from the frame 50 and written to the register (reception register) 46. In the register 46, as shown in FIG. 1B, the extracted frame ID and the message are stored in association with each other.
In the present embodiment, the frame 50 is not received by the reception control unit 42 while the frame 50 is transmitted by the transmission control unit 40. Therefore, the frame 50 transmitted by the own node is not received by the own node and written to the register 46.

The arbitration control unit 46 instructs the continuation of transmission of the frame 50 when the bus right is acquired (when the arbitration is won) when the frame 50 collides on the communication path, and the bus right cannot be acquired. Instructed to stop transmission of the frame 50 (when losing to arbitration).
In communication arbitration (bit-by-bit non-destructive arbitration), the node that transmitted the frame 50 having a smaller ID value acquires the bus right, and is said to have won arbitration. As for the voltage difference of the communication path 10, dominant is given priority over recessive due to collision of a plurality of frames 50. For example, when one is dominant (there is a voltage difference) and the other is recessive (there is no voltage difference), the voltage difference of the communication path 10 becomes the dominant.
Transmission of the frame 50 is started, that is, the voltage difference (dominant or recessive) of the communication path 10 is detected by the receiver 30 at the nodes 12 to 16 in the transmission of the arbitration area 52 of the frame 50, and the frame in the middle of transmission is detected. It is determined whether 50 frame IDs have not been changed, that is, whether arbitration has been won.

The CPU 28 is mainly a computer (microcomputer), and includes a storage unit 60, a processing unit 62, and the like.
The storage unit 60 stores a message header table 70 shown in FIG. 2A, a reception ID table 72 shown in FIG. 2B, a plurality of programs, and the like.
In the message header table 70, as described above, the message and data type and the frame ID are associated with each other. When the importance of a message, data, etc. is high, the frame ID is set to a smaller value than when it is low. This is to win communication arbitration as described above.
The reception ID table 72 lists frame IDs (hereinafter referred to as reception IDs) included in the received frame 50. In the CAN communication system, since the frame 50 including the frame ID of the transmission source is used for communication, the received frame 50 (for example, message, data, etc.) is required in each node 12-16. ) Is stored in advance, and among the frames 50 received by the reception control unit 42, when the frame ID included in the frame 50 matches that included in the reception ID table 72, The message included in the frame 50 is captured.
In this embodiment, the reception ID stored in each of the nodes 12 to 16 includes the frame ID used by the own node, in other words, the frame ID included in the message header table 70 (hereinafter referred to as the own node frame ID, or , All of which are referred to as source frame IDs or abbreviated source IDs). For example, the brake ECU 14 transmits a frame 50 including one of its own node frame IDs (IDb, 200, 210, 220...) And receives IDs (IDb, 200, 210, 220, 300, 310,. 400) including one of the frames 400..., And when these are compared, the own node frame ID (IDb, 200, 210, 220...) Overlaps.

For example, the processing unit 62 controls the CAN controller 26 or the actuator 22 by executing the program stored in the storage unit 60.
The processing unit 62 includes an ID determination unit 74 and determines whether or not the frame ID (transmission source ID) written in the register 46 by the reception control unit 42 is included in the reception ID table 72. . When the transmission source ID is included in the reception ID table 72, processing corresponding to the content of the message is performed, or spoofing detection processing described later is performed. In this embodiment, the fact that the transmission source ID and message are written in the register 46 and read by the CPU 28 is referred to as “the frame was received by execution of software” or “the entire frame was received”.
In addition, the transmission control unit 40 is instructed to create the frame 50 and designates a transmission source ID, a message, and the like used for the frame 50.

In the communication system using the CAN protocol configured as described above, communication is performed between the nodes 12 to 16.
For example, when the frame 50 including the transmission source ID is transmitted from one of the nodes 12 to 16 to the communication path 10, the transmission source ID is included in the reception ID table 72 as the reception ID (in the storage unit 60). At the node (stored), the frame 50 is received, and the message, data, etc. in the frame 50 are extracted.
As described above, in the communication system described in the first embodiment, the frame 50 including the frame ID of the transmission source is transmitted, and the frame 50 is received at a necessary node. The frame 50 including the transmission destination ID is not transmitted, and nodes that transmit the frame 50 including the same transmission source ID should not be connected to the communication path 10.

On the other hand, when the smartphone 21 is connected to the DLC 18 via the external communication device 20, when the smartphone 21 performs only the operation of acquiring the frame 50 flowing through the communication path 10, the smartphone 21 performs the operation between the nodes 12 to 16. There will be no negative impact on the communication.
However, the frame 50 including the same IDb as one of the nodes 12 to 16 (for example, the IDb of the brake ECU 14) is sent to the communication path 10 by an unauthorized application or the like input to the smartphone 21. There is. In that case, the frame 50 transmitted based on the command of the smartphone 21 is received as the frame 50 transmitted from the brake ECU 14 in the node whose IDb is included in the reception ID table 72 as the reception ID. There is. It can be considered that the smartphone 21 (or the DLC 18, the external communication device 20, and the smartphone 21) is newly connected to the communication path 10 and impersonates the brake ECU 14. In this sense, in this embodiment, “detection of connection of a new node” can be said to be “detection of impersonation” or “detection of presence of impersonation”.
An error may be detected and not received based on the information in the check area 56 of the frame 50 transmitted to the communication path 10 via the DLC 18, but an error may not be detected.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment, in each of the nodes 12 to 16, the reception ID table 72 includes the own node frame ID, and the communication path 10 includes the frame 50 including the same ID as the own node frame ID. Whether or not is detected. For example, the brake ECU 14 detects whether a new node that transmits the frame 50 including the transmission source IDb is connected to the communication path 10 (whether impersonation exists).

The spoofing detection processing program represented by the flowchart of FIG. 4 is executed by the reception interrupt in each CPU 28 of the nodes 12 to 16. In this embodiment, the potential difference of the communication path 10 is detected by the receiver 30 of the CAN transceiver 24, converted into digital data, and supplied to the reception control unit 42 of the CAN controller 26. The frame ID and message are extracted by the reception control unit 42 and written in the register 46. The writing of the transmission source ID and message in the register 46 is triggered by the spoof detection processing program in the CPU 28. Execution begins.
In step 1 (hereinafter abbreviated as S1, the same applies to other steps), the transmission source ID and message written in the register 46 are read. In S2, the transmission source ID is stored in the reception ID table 72. It is determined whether or not it is the same as one of the included reception IDs. If it is the same, it is further determined in S3 whether or not it is the same as one of the own node frame IDs.

If the determination in S3 is YES and the transmission source ID included in the received frame 50 is the same as one of the own node frame IDs, a new node that uses the same frame ID as the own node frame ID Are connected to the common communication path 10, that is, the presence of impersonation (spoofing) is detected.
As described above, in the CAN communication system, since the own node does not receive the frame 50 transmitted by the own node, the transmission source ID included in the received frame 50 is the same as the own node frame ID. Can detect the presence of impersonation.
Then, in S4, a message indicating the presence of impersonation and its frame ID (the transmission source frame ID included in the frame 50 transmitted by the new node, the local node frame ID of the node that detected the connection of the new node) And an instruction to transmit to the transmission control unit 40 is generated. In response to this, the transmission control unit 40 creates a frame 50 including a message for reporting the presence of impersonation and transmits the frame 50 via the driver 32.
When the transmission source frame ID included in the received frame is different from the own node frame ID, normal processing (for example, processing according to the message) is performed.

When the spoofing detection processing program is executed in the brake ECU 14 and the frame 50 including the transmission source frame IDb is received, the transmission source frame IDb is the same as the own node frame IDb of the brake ECU 14, so the determination in S3 is YES. In S4, a frame 50 including a message indicating the presence of impersonation and the transmission source frame IDb is created and transmitted. As a result, of the nodes 12 and 16 connected to the communication path 10, the frame is received by the node included in the reception ID table 70 with the transmission source IDb as the reception ID, and the presence of impersonation is known.
Then, at the node that has received the frame 50 including the message indicating the presence of impersonation, for example, reception of the frame 50 including the transmission source IDb can be prohibited.
In that case, the reception ID deletion program represented by the flowchart of FIG. 5A can be executed by the reception interrupt in each of the nodes 12-16.
In S11, the transmission source frame ID and message written in the register 46 are read. In S12, it is determined whether or not the transmission source frame ID is the same as one of the reception IDs included in the reception ID table 72. . If it is the same as one of the reception IDs included in the reception ID table 72, it is determined in S13 whether or not the message is a message indicating “presence of impersonation”. If the message represents “the presence of impersonation”, the received ID (for example, IDb) is deleted from the received ID table 72 in S14.
In this way, if the same IDb as the transmission source IDb used by impersonation is deleted from the reception ID table 72, data, messages, etc. transmitted from impersonation can be prevented from being received at the node.

When the meter ECU 16 receives a frame 50 including a message indicating the presence of impersonation, the impersonation notification processing program represented by the flowchart of FIG. 5B is executed. The determination in S13 is YES, and in S15, information indicating the presence of impersonation is displayed on the display 22d (the indicator is activated).
In this manner, if the presence of impersonation is notified to the outside (specifically, outside the CAN communication system) (for example, displayed on the display 22d), the smartphone 21 is removed from the user (external to the DLC 18). It is possible to prompt an action such as removing the communication device 20.

In this embodiment, the driver 32, the transmission control unit 40, the CPU 28, etc. constitute a transmission unit, and the receiver 30, the reception control unit 42, the CPU 28, etc. constitute a reception unit.
Of the receiving unit, a part that stores the reception ID table 70 of the CPU 28, a part that stores S1 to S3 of the impersonation detection processing program, a part that executes the self ID frame receiving unit, and a part that stores S1 to 4 The new device connection detection unit is configured by the part to be executed.
Further, the new device connection information transmission unit is configured by the driver 32, the transmission control unit 40, the part for storing S4 of the CPU 28, the part for execution, etc. of the transmission unit.
Further, an external notification control unit is configured by a part for storing an impersonation notification processing program of the CPU 28 of the meter ECU 16 and a part for executing the program.
Further, a reception prohibition unit is configured by a part for storing the reception ID deletion program of the CPU 28, a part for executing the program, and the like.

Note that it is not indispensable to perform both reception prohibition and external notification when a notification of the presence of impersonation is received, and either one may be performed.
In addition, when a connection of a new device is detected in the meter ECU 16, it can be displayed on the display 22d instead of creating and transmitting a message. In this case, instead of S4 of the spoofing detection processing program, S15 of the spoofing notification processing program represented by the flowchart of FIG. 5B can be executed.
Further, in the first embodiment, the reception ID table 70 is stored in the CPU 28 and the ID determination unit 74 is provided. However, the reception ID table 70 is stored in the CAN controller 26 and the ID determination unit 74 is provided. It can also be.

In the CAN communication system shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, an engine ECU 102, a body ECU 104, an air conditioner ECU 106, a remote control ECU 108, and the like are connected to a communication path 100. Among the nodes 102 to 108, the storage unit 60 of the body ECU 104 stores a message header table 120 shown in FIG. 7A, a reception ID table 122 shown in FIG. 60 stores a message header table (not shown), a reception ID table 124 shown in FIG. In the reception ID tables 122 and 124, one or more additional IDs are associated with each of the reception IDs. The additional ID is different from all the frame IDs used in each of the nodes 102 to 108 at that time.
In addition, the body ECU 104 is provided with a smartphone communication device 110 as an external communication device, and wireless communication with the smartphone 112 is possible. Further, the remote control ECU 108 is provided with a remote control communication device 114 as an external communication device, and wireless communication with a remote control portable device (which can be called a remote controller or an electronic key) 116 is possible. It is said that.
The remote control ECU 108 performs communication based on a signal supplied from the remote starter portable device 116, and in that sense, the remote starter ECU 108 and the remote starter portable device 116, or a node is configured by the remote starter portable device 116. Can think.
It should be noted that both the engine start command and the air conditioner control command are transmitted when only the engine start command is transmitted from the remote starter portable device 116 (when the remote starter portable device 116 does not have a higher function than the basic function). In the present embodiment, the remotester portable device 116 is assumed to have a high function.
The smartphone 112 transmits only the engine start command, but the engine ECU 102 and the air conditioner ECU 106 also include the own node frame ID of the body ECU 104 as the reception ID in the reception ID table 70. The ECU 50 receives the frame 50 transmitted from the smartphone 112. However, since the frame 50 does not include a message indicating a control command for the air conditioner ECU 106, it can be considered that the command from the smartphone 112 is not substantially supplied to the air conditioner ECU 106.

As described above, the communication system is a system in which engine startup is performed based on a command from the smartphone 112 (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as a smartphone system), or based on a command from the remote control portable device 116. A system to be performed (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as “remote system”), or a system (hereinafter, abbreviated as “smartphone / remote system system”) that is performed based on a command from one of the smartphone 112 and the remote device 116. It may be possible to).
In this case, it can be considered that the communication system is manufactured separately for smartphones, for remotes, and for both smartphones and remotes. However, as the types of communication systems to be manufactured increase, productivity decreases and costs increase. This is undesirable.
In addition, a user who has used the smartphone 112 may want to switch to using the remotester portable device 116 or may want to selectively use the smartphone 112 or the remotester portable device 116.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when a new node connection is detected, the own node frame ID is changed to an additional ID associated with the own node frame ID in the reception ID table.
In each of the nodes 102 to 108, the frame ID change processing program represented by the flowchart of FIG. 8 is executed by a reception interrupt.
Further, in the second embodiment, the newly connected node is assumed to be legitimate, so the necessity of notifying the connection of the new node is low. Therefore, the frame ID change processing program is not provided with a step corresponding to S4 of the spoofing detection processing program represented by the flowchart of FIG.
When connection of a new node is detected by executing the spoofing detection processing program of the first embodiment in the same manner as S1 to S3, in S21, an addition corresponding to the own node frame ID that is the reception ID is received from the reception ID table. The ID is read, and in S22, its own node frame ID is changed to an additional ID in the message header.

Specifically, in the communication system shown in FIG. 6A, the own node frame ID of the body ECU 104 is IDs, and the engine ECU 102 includes the frame 50 including the transmission source IDs transmitted from the body ECU 104 when the smartphone 112 is used. Receive. Then, the engine is started based on a command from the smartphone 112.
In this communication system (smartphone system), when the remote control portable device 116 is used, as shown in FIG. 6B, the frame 50 including the transmission source IDs (same as the transmission source IDs of the body ECU) from the remote control ECU 108. Is sent.
As a result, the body ECU 104 detects that a new node is connected (YES in S3), and the own node frame IDs are changed to IDsr (S21, 22). An additional ID sr corresponding to the received IDs (frame IDs) is read from the received ID table 122 shown in FIG. 7B, and the frame associated with the message A in the message header table 120 as shown in FIG. IDs are changed to frame IDsr.
Thereafter, the body ECU 104 creates and transmits the frame 50 including the transmission source IDsr without generating the frame 50 including the transmission source IDs. In the body ECU 104, the own node frame IDs are invalidated. The remote control ECU 108 is used as it is without changing the transmission source IDs.
On the other hand, in the storage unit 60 of the engine ECU 102, both IDs and IDsr are stored as reception IDs as shown in the reception table 124 of FIG. 7 (c), and therefore the frame 50 including the transmission source IDs is also transmitted. A frame including the original IDsr is also received. That is, it is possible to output a command to the engine ECU 102 using either the smartphone 112 (IDsr) or the remotester portable device 116 (IDs).
Further, as shown in FIG. 7C, since the reception ID table 124 stored in the storage unit 60 of the engine ECU 102 includes IDs and IDsr in advance, the reception ID table is changed (add reception ID is added). There is also an advantage that it is not necessary.
Furthermore, there is no need to manufacture the communication system separately for smartphones, remotester portable devices, and smartphone / remotester portable devices, and the user can freely use either the smartphone 112 or the remotester portable device 116. You can select and use. As a result, component diversion can be improved and the productivity of the communication system can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, a self ID changing unit is constituted by a part for storing S22 of the transmission source ID changing process program of the CPU 28, a part to be executed, and the like. The self ID changing unit is also a transmission prohibiting unit. In addition, after the ID is changed in the transmission unit, the changed self-ID transmission unit is configured by a part that performs transmission processing of the frame 50 including the changed ID. Further, an additional ID storage unit is configured by a part of the storage unit 60 that stores the reception ID table 122.

In the second embodiment, the body ECU 104 can also delete the reception IDs from the reception ID table 122. This is because the received IDs are not the own node frame IDs, and it is considered that the need to receive the frame 50 transmitted from the remote control ECU 108 is low.
The air conditioner ECU 106 can also store a reception ID table including IDs and IDsr. In that case, even if it is a case where the command which controls an air-conditioner is output from the smart phone 112, it is applicable.
Furthermore, in the second embodiment, the body ECU 104 is configured not to notify even when a new node connection is detected. However, the new node connection may be notified. . In that case, both S4 and S21, 22 are executed.
Further, it is not essential that the body ECU 104 includes the smartphone communication device 110 and the remote control ECU 108 includes the remote communication device 114. The body ECU 104 may include the remote communication device 114.
Furthermore, in the second embodiment, the case where one node is newly connected has been described. However, the present invention can be similarly applied even when two or more nodes are newly connected.

In the present embodiment, a case where impersonation detection is performed in a communication system in which communication using the Ethernet protocol (hereinafter referred to as Ethernet communication) is performed will be briefly described.
In Ethernet communication, a frame including both a transmission source ID and a transmission destination ID is transmitted from each of a plurality of nodes connected to a communication path. In the conventional Ethernet communication, a frame whose transmission destination ID is the same as its own ID is received. However, in this embodiment, a frame whose transmission source ID is the same as its own ID is also received.
In Ethernet communication, each node may receive a frame transmitted by the node itself. However, when a frame transmitted by the own node is received by the own node, it is not a connection of a new device. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the transmission source ID is the same as the self ID, it is further determined whether the frame is a frame transmitted by the self node. For example, if it is time for the node to transmit and receive the frame, and if the message extracted from the received frame is the same as the one created by the node, the frame transmitted by the node It is determined that there is. If it is neither, it is determined that the frame is not transmitted by the own node. That is, it is determined that a new node is connected, that is, impersonation.

The spoofing detection processing program in FIG. 9 is executed by a reception interrupt.
In S31, the transmission source ID and message are read, and in S32, it is determined whether or not the transmission source ID is the same as the self ID. If the determination in S32 is YES, it is determined in S33 whether or not the frame is transmitted by the own node. If it is not a frame transmitted by the own node, it is determined that there is impersonation. For example, in S34, the presence of impersonation can be notified to a network management system or the like.
In this manner, spoofing detection can be performed in an Ethernet communication system.

  In addition to the above-described embodiments, the present invention can be practiced in various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

  10: Communication channel 12-16, 102-108: ECU 18: DLC 24: CAN transceiver 26: CAN controller 28: CPU 40: Transmission control unit 42: Reception control unit 44: Communication arbitration unit 60: Storage unit 62: Processing unit 70, 120: Message header table 72, 122, 124: Reception ID table

Claims (3)

A communication system including a communication channel and a plurality of devices connected to the communication channel and identified by different IDs, and performing communication between the plurality of devices via the communication channel,
Each of the plurality of devices receives (i) a transmission unit that transmits a frame including a self-ID that is the ID for identifying the device, and (ii) receives a frame that includes a reception ID that is the predetermined ID. And a receiving unit
Each of the reception units included in at least one of the plurality of devices includes a self ID frame reception unit that receives a frame including the same ID as the self ID,
At least one of the plurality of devices receives a frame including the same ID as the self ID by the self ID frame receiving unit, and the frame is transmitted from the transmitting unit of the device. If it is not the frame that includes a self-ID, to the communication path, separate from the said device, seen including a new device connection detection unit for detecting a new device is connected to transmit a frame including the same ID as the self ID ,
One or more of the at least one device respectively includes (a) an additional ID storage unit that stores the reception ID and one or more additional IDs in association with each other, and (b) the new device connection. When a connection of the new device is detected by the detection unit, the same self ID as that of the new device is stored in the additional ID storage unit in association with the reception ID that is the self ID. Including a self-ID changing unit that changes to one of the additional IDs described above,
The communication system , wherein each of the transmission units included in the one or more devices includes a change ID transmission unit that transmits a frame including an ID changed by the self ID change unit . A transmission prohibition unit that prohibits transmission of a frame including the same self ID when one or more of the at least one device is detected by the new device connection detection unit, respectively. The communication system according to claim 1 . Wherein the transmission unit included in each of the plurality of devices, the comprises a self-ID, a communication system according to claim 1 or 2 is to transmit a frame containing no ID of the destination equipment.

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